I've posted about my admiration towards Nomos several times so I'll simply say that, dollar for dollar, you cannot beat what they are doing over in Glashutte. Love their watches.

Now, back to business. The Nomos Ahoi was originally released at Baselworld in 2013 and there were some mixed reviews. Mostly because this was Nomos's first dive watch and it didn't deliver much in the "traditional expectations" of a dive watch. Nonetheless it was still a very nice piece. This year, Nomos has introduced a new version called the Ahoi Atlantik that really jumped out to me. Granted this is just a new colorway but it hits in all the right places.

This model is very similar to the much loved Nomos Tangomat with a few feature additions. They added super luminova on the hour and minute hands as well as the hour indexes for better visibility in low light as well as a red small seconds hand. The crown is a screw-down crown with raised protection to aid in increasing the water resistance to 200m.

The dial on the Nomos Ahoi Atlantik is a deep ocean blue(Atlantic Blue), hence the Atlantik name get it?......anyway....., that is very attractive in person. Pictures really do not do it justice. The hands are rose-gold plated which give a very nice contrast and harmony to the look of the watch. This is further driven home with the matching gold minute and seconds track and hour markers. The datum version comes with an extra-large date aperture at 6 o'clock. You can also get it without the date, for a $600 discount, if you prefer. Because Nomos does not equip their movements with a quick-change date function, I would choose the non-date version that you see below.

The case on the Nomos Ahoi Atlantik is 40mm wide and 10.4mm thick. These are very good proportions that lead to a comfortable fit on the wrist. It features a curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the front and back. The case back is also secured with six screws to aid in the increased water resistance.

Through the exhibition window on the back of the watch you can see the in-house Nomos Epsilon automatic caliber (Zeta, for the datum model). This is where Nomos starts to walk away from the competition. The movement is impeccably decorated with ribbing, perlage and sunburst patterns. It shows off with blued screws, 26 jewels, Incabloc shock protection, and a Nivarox balance spring. Then, once the bi-directional rotor does its work winding the mainspring, you will have 42 hours of power. All for under $5,000.